Teacher Reboot Camp
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Part of the December 2020 STEM Resources Digital Calendar ! The transformation to virtual learning means teachers now act as the tech support for students and parents who are also new to virtual learning. Screencasting tools are a lifesaver for virtual instruction. The free screen recording tools below help teachers quickly record video tutorials to share with parents and students within minutes.
EdTech Magazine
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Amid the growing popularity of esports, more middle and high school teachers and esports coaches like myself are looking for a gaming monitor to meet the unique requirements of gamers, multitaskers and graphic design students. The Lenovo Legion Y27gq-20 fits the bill. This stunning, 27-inch computer monitor is optimized for gamers who demand high refresh rates and fast response times.
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Edsurge
DECEMBER 9, 2020
At an event in April 2019, Diane Jones, the Education Department’s principal deputy undersecretary, said the department was considering an experiment to help colleges offer income-share agreements (ISAs), a form of financing where students who borrow money promise to pay back a percentage of their future income as repayment. While those plans never materialized, colleges are nevertheless pushing forward.
Education Elements
DECEMBER 9, 2020
The systems that teachers and leaders design and implement in schools are all impacted by the biases of their designers. We have to design explicitly for our marginalized students and to do this, we need to first understand the way our own power and privilege impact what we believe is best for kids.
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Teacher Tech
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Patterns are everywhere – in nature, our homes, in the classroom, and even on clothes! When children notice patterns in the world around them, they begin to make connections to patterning and algebra concepts in mathematics. The post Look For the Math Around You By @EveryoneCanMath appeared first on Teacher Tech.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
DECEMBER 9, 2020
News reading is an important literacy practice that, among other things, helps students become responsible citizens, raises their critical media awareness, and connects them to the global world. News.
EdTech Update brings together the best content for education technology professionals from the widest variety of industry thought leaders.
Educational Technology and Mobile Learning
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Semantic Scholar is a good academic search engine that allows you to search millions of scholarly articles for academic content relevant to your research topic. Unlike other search engines, Semantic.read more.
Edsurge
DECEMBER 9, 2020
The labor market took a generational hit in 2020. Millions of people have seen stable careers disappear or change beyond recognition. Before COVID-19, retraining was a popular career choice. Now it is increasingly becoming an essential one. That’s the premise behind why investors are betting on companies like Career Karma , which helps people find reskilling opportunities in technology fields.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Like many schools last spring, the Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic Schools went fully remote as the pandemic took hold, creating many challenges for staff and administrators, as well as students and their families. Our teachers and students ran into the same problems schools experienced across the country: technical difficulties with Zoom, getting kids connected with laptops and Wi-Fi, making sure students were paying attention, and more.
TeacherCast
DECEMBER 9, 2020
The day educators have waited for all year has finally arrived! Today, Microsoft has officially launched Breakout Rooms for Microsoft Teams. The feature is pretty awesome and it's pretty easy to use and set up. How To Create a Team Breakout Room? Step 1. To start a breakout room, click on the Breakout rooms icon on the top right of your Teams meeting window.
Speaker: Andrew Cohen, Founder & CEO of Brainscape
The instructor’s PPT slides are brilliant. You’ve splurged on the expensive interactive courseware. Student engagement is stellar. So… why are half of your students still forgetting everything they learned in just a matter of weeks? It's likely a matter of cognitive science! With so much material to "teach" these days, we often forget to incorporate key proven principles into our curricula — namely active recall, metacognition, spaced repetition, and interleaving practice.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Students who begin elementary school and haven’t become proficient at speaking English after five years in school should be identified as what educators call “long-term English learners” (LTELs), according to a new paper from Rice University researchers. The report from the Houston Education Research Consortium (HERC), a program of the Kinder Institute for Urban Research, aims to standardize the definition of an LTEL to help educators identify students who may need more help learning English.
TeacherCast
DECEMBER 9, 2020
The day educators have waited for all year has finally arrived! Today, Microsoft has officially launched Breakout Rooms for Microsoft Teams. The feature is pretty awesome and it's pretty easy to use and set up. How To Create a Team Breakout Room? Step 1 To start a breakout room, click on the Breakout rooms icon on the top right of your Teams meeting window.
The Hechinger Report
DECEMBER 9, 2020
North Dakota doesn’t provide statewide funding for prekindergarten. But while we’re working with our partners at the North Dakota Department of Human Services to garner support for this and similar programs through state legislative leaders, our children need high-quality learning environments now. We cannot simply say we’re going to set aside learning for six months or 18 months — or even two to three years, if the pandemic endures for that long.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Teknikio has released a new collaborative learning kit called Tekniverse, which gives students the ability to make and remake connected smart objects in partnership with their classmates and teacher. Tekniverse can be used in remote learning or in-person classrooms because there is a cloud-based platform to program the hand-held circuit boards which can be programmed in endless ways.
This white paper examines and proposes revisions to the "Seven Principles for Good Practice in Undergraduate Education" introduced by Arthur Chickering and Zelda Gamson in 1987 for today's technology-driven world.
MiddleWeb
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Whether you’re online, hybrid, or wholly in person – teaching solo or co-teaching – the Community of Inquiry "three presences" framework creates the supportive structure you and your students need to stay focused on learning, writes instructional coach and NBCT Elizabeth Stein.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 9, 2020
“Whether in person or remote, WhiteBox Learning allows students to experience the STEM engineering design process in a dynamic and engaging way,” said Michael Lavelle, CEO of Flinn Scientific. “Through our partnership with TTSA, we look forward to supporting its virtual engineering competitions with our technology while helping to grow student participation across the state.
Buncee
DECEMBER 9, 2020
There are some Ed Tech resources that go together so well that you wonder how you ever did your job without them. Buncee and Nearpod are two of those tools that allow me to do so much as an educator. I could not do my job without them. Especially in virtual and hybrid environments, they have become my go-to combination. The perfect appsmash is Buncee and Nearpod!
eSchool News
DECEMBER 9, 2020
To engage high school- and college-level students in hands-on physics and data collection, Vernier Software & Technology recently launched the new Go Direct ® Static Charge sensor. Unlike a traditional electroscope, this completely wireless sensor offers a means for quantitative measurement and analysis of positive and negative charges of objects that would not be possible in a traditional lab, such as measuring the charge on a balloon.
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Managing a K-12 campus with constant pressure to meet performance metrics is challenging. And tardiness can significantly limit a school from reaching these goals. Learn more about why chronic lateness matters, and key strategies to address the following impacts: Data errors caused by manual processes Low attendance and graduation rates that affect a school’s reputation Classroom disruption, which leads to poor academic performance High staff attrition and “The Teacher Exodus” Unmet LCAP goals t
Technology Tidbits
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Mobile Permissions is the excellent free site the educators are using to easily send "digital" permission slips for FREE. Recently, they launched a new feature which lets educators send permission slips "on demand" which is ideal for when teachers need immediate permission of a parent/guardian and don't have time to wait for a form to be returned. Also, this is a perfect tool to use w/ Remote Learning due to the closures of school from the worldwide pandemic.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 9, 2020
SDI, Inc. , a leader in digital supply chain services and solutions, and the New York City Department of Education (NYCDOE) are expanding upon a 20 year partnership to extend cleaning, maintenance and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) materials to non-public schools. “This expansion is about protecting people, and creating a sustainable solution that serves the needs of all students, faculty and staff,” said Kelly Kleinfelder, Chief Information Officer & SVP, Information Technology at SDI.
Technology Tidbits
DECEMBER 9, 2020
*A great way for students to practice their keyboarding/typing skills while school is doing Remote Learning. TypeTastic is an excellent K-12 site for students learning how to Type/Keyboard. TypeTastic's School Edition has an educational portal that allows educators to track, monitor, and assess student progress. This is a fun and great way to integrate technology into a classroom's curriculum.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 9, 2020
AVer Information Inc., the award-winning provider of video collaboration solutions and education technology solutions, announced today the launch of the AVer Dream Classroom Giveaway Contest where four classroom makeovers will be awarded. Participants simply need to follow AVer USA on LinkedIn at www.linkedin.com/company/averusa to be automatically entered into the contest.
This whitepaper explores integrating the PowerTeaching pedagogical approach within a HyFlex (Hybrid Flexible) educational model, focusing on employing cooperative learning strategies and efficient classroom management techniques.
Adam Watson Edtech Elixirs
DECEMBER 9, 2020
The earth expanding right hand and left hand, The picture alive, every part in its best light, The music falling in where it is wanted, and stopping where it is not wanted, The cheerful voice of the public road, the gay fresh sentiment of the road. -- Walt Whitman, " Song of the Open Road " We are in a season that in pre-pandemic times usually meant unfettered and uncompromised traveling and geographic relocation.
eSchool News
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Flinn Scientific, a flagship provider of science lab materials and safety and STEM solutions for the K-16 education market, has added new digital labs to the award-winning Science2Go. This includes new lab series for high school chemistry and biology, which are being offered at an introductory price for schools and districts through the end of the year, as well as new individual labs for high school physics, middle school physical science, and middle school life science.
Education Superhighway
DECEMBER 9, 2020
EducationSuperHighway will focus on building public-private partnerships to connect over ten million students who lack home broadband. Today, we announced we are delaying our planned sunset to connect students who lack home broadband. EducationSuperHighway will provide states and school districts with the tools they need to address home connectivity disparities that disproportionately impact students of color and those in high-poverty and rural communities across the United States. .
eSchool News
DECEMBER 9, 2020
IXL Learning , the K-12 personalized learning platform used by 11 million students, today announced a three-year agreement with Laredo Independent School District to bring its award-winning program to approximately 23,600 students and 1,100 teachers. Through this partnership, all 33 schools in the district will use IXL to supplement math, English language arts, science and social studies instruction.
Speaker: Chris Paxton McMillin, President of D3 Training Solutions
There are plenty of great authoring tools for developing eLearning, but the one you select could directly impact your course's outcomes. Depending upon your learners’ needs and your organization’s performance goals, you could be overlooking considerations that impact the both effectiveness of your courses and how long it takes to finish them. From general capabilities to specific workflow structures, some aspects are critical when it comes to learning objectives and deadlines.
MindShift
DECEMBER 9, 2020
For the kids in our lives, the last nine months have been many things. Scary — because an invisible, unknown illness was suddenly spreading across the globe. Maybe even fun, when the possibility of school closing felt like a snow day. But for many, that novelty has given way to frustration and sadness — even depression and anxiety. Just like adults, kids are wondering: Will I get sick?
eSchool News
DECEMBER 9, 2020
321 Insight, an organization empowering all school staff to meet the needs of today’s students, has curated a collection of videos from their ParaSharp Series to meet the needs of a new group of learners: parents. This series is intended to support parents and caregivers in their newfound roles of facilitating their children’s remote education, prompted by COVID-19.
Technology Tidbits
DECEMBER 9, 2020
ThatQuiz is a nice simple site for creating quizzes. A teacher can create an account and share a code for students to take. Also, these quizzes can include images, graphs, and more. Finally, these quizzes can be fill in the blank or choose the right answer, tracks right or wrong and answers, and has a built-in timer. I highly recommend checking out ThatQuiz for creating educational quizzes by clicking here !!
eSchool News
DECEMBER 9, 2020
Wayfair (NYSE:W), one of the world’s largest online destinations for the home, announced today the winners of the 2nd Annual Dream Classroom Giveaway, a contest awarding two U.S. teachers with brand-new classroom furniture, storage, and décor. Conducted by Wayfair Professional , Wayfair’s business program, nominations from the public were accepted through a contest website earlier this year.
AI-powered tools like virtual assistants and chatbots provide instant guidance and support, while data analytics offer valuable insights for educators and administrators.
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